The National tribune., 1887-11-17

the ground, near that place. There are Latin
inscriptions on the tablets and the wise men Of
the vicinity are greatly puzzled.
J. ID. Craig. Co. NJ, 4th III. Cav, Fayetteville,
Ark, thinks Comrade Ball. Lancaster, Mo-, is
mistaken in saying that Buell's army saved
Grant at Shiloh. The writer says Grant had
checked the advance of the enemy before man
of Buell's army set foot upon the field.
Frank Holwiek, 18th Ind. battery, Lawrence,
Kan, says his battery made its full share of
noise during the war, but the boys have been
very quiet since the muster-out. He very sell
dom sees anything from them in The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE.
J. Bauer Co. i, 10th ILL.,, address not given,)
objects to the omission of his regiment from the
roster of the Sixteenth Corps as given by Com
rade Price. The writer says the 10Th was act
lively engaged in the campaigns of that corps,
and had its full share of hard service.
Sheldon NJ. Moore, Sergeant Co. +, 111th Pa,
Erie, Pa, referring to the extract recently pub
lished in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE contributed
by Mr.. Harris, an ex-COnfederate soldier, of
Ocala, Fla, says he would be glad to see some
thing now and then from the other side. He
hopes some Of the Johnnies will write some
thing about their encounters with the Yanks.
Henry Roback, Co. f, 152d N. Y, Little
Falls, N. Y, says that the battles of Suffolk,
Blackwater and Mine Run were omitted from
those credited to the 152d N. Y. in the recently
published list of the Army of the Potomac. The
writer says these were omitted from the Gen
eral Order by mistake which was afterward
rectified by order of Gen. Meade.
o. ID. Reeves, Richmond, Ind, invites all
survivors of the 18th Ind. Cav. to send their
addresses to him for the purpose of effecting
an organization.
l.. ID. Rarick, Tioga, Pa, sends with appro-
PIRATE comments q newspaper clipping which
gives an account of the death of George Mills,
q veteran of the war, in the County poOrhouse.
flaw in the evidence, was not able 10 secure
pension. He was man Of intelligence and re-
finement, and his last request WAS that he should
not be buried in the poOrhOuse cemetery. The
comrades of the Grand Army took hold of the
matter and provided q suitable resting place
for the remains in the village cemetery.
Capt. John AlgOe, 10th Mich, Flint, Mich,
in reading the account Of the Eucampment at
st. Louis. noticed that some of the boys forgot
to ditch " their tents. The circumstances re-
! minded him of his own experience early in the
war. His regiment landed at Hamburg, on the
| Tennessee River, in very sloppy weather. The
| company officers pitched their tent on slope,
but forgot to dig q trench around it. During
the night there came a flood of rain, which
deluged them, and from that time to the close
| or the war the writer says he never went to
bed at night without digging a ditch around
his tent-when he had a tent.
| Eugene f. Weigel, st. Louis, Mo-, writes that
| great injustice was done to the sixth division
| Undiana) of the GAR. parade by the report
published in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. Itwas
stated that the Department of Indiana was :" too
badly bunged up to get into position" The
| fact is-aHd The NATIONAL TRIBUNE makes
the correction--that the Indiana men were
prompt TO take their places in line and in good
order, and were heartily eheered all along the
line for their fine appearance and soldierly
| bearing.
J. Bell, Concordia Kan, protests against the
word charity" as applied to aid extended in
any form to disabled soldiers or their needy
families.
A. J. Smith, Fairfield, Iowa, regrets seeing
nothing in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE from the
9TH Ind. Cav. He says that regiment had some
humble part in putting down the rebellion, and
he would like TO have his comrades tell some
thing about it.
Jacob Andrist, Co. /, 175th Ohio Ada, Mimi.
tells of being on picket near Kingston, N. C.,
in the swamp in March, 1865. He wonders
what has become of all his comrades who were
with him. He was wounded soon afterward
and that ended his fighting.
Jonathan Snelbaker, Co. G, S7th Ohio, Swan.
ton, o., says he was at Harper's Ferry at tho
time of the surrender, Sept. 10, 1862. He bad
been very sick with typhoid fever for some
time previous, and had been out of the
hospital but three days. He saw the am.
bulance when it came in with Gen. Miles
who had been badly wounded in the leg above
the knee. The General was taken intoa build
ing, where tho Surgeons amputated his limb
but the General died a short time aflerward.
Frank Myers, Co. b, 9th Ohio Cav, Miller
Oak, thinks that his neighborhood is the bes
possible in which old soldiers can locate. Land
is cheap. the climate is beautiful, the country
is as healthy "a any in the world, and the sol
could not bo better anywhere for productive
ness.